I just think that it’s very helpful to have a map of your psyche, because when you have a map, you know where to go.
SHAKIRAI came to understand that I’m never going to be the perfect mother, but I’m going to do the best I can. Same goes for everything in my life.
More Shakira Quotes
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I’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.
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I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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Brazil is a country I hold very dearly. I’ve got followers there who I’ve been interacting with for years, as well as fellow artists like Ivete Sangalo, and it also has huge figures like Pele.
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I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
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I feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
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I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then, I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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You’re a song written by the hands of God.
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My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don’t respect you and when they respect you they don’t love you.
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I feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I’ve been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don’t get a chance to be heard.
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Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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